{"id":249368,"date":"2026-01-17T10:12:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T10:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/249368\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T10:12:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T10:12:20","slug":"local-jobs-market-expected-to-see-rise-in-new-vacancies-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/249368\/","title":{"rendered":"Local jobs market expected to see rise in new vacancies in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lmfm.ie\/news\/lmfm-news\/\" class=\"c-btn c-btn--small c-btn--secondary-fill\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        All LMFM News<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aiir-c-news-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/6969fb8d93082.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/>\n                                    Photo Credit: Getty images<\/p>\n<p class=\"aiir-c-news-article__abstract\">\n            Recruiters are forecasting a rebound in the national jobs market this year thanks to a more settled economic outlook for businesses\n        <\/p>\n<p>The jobs market in Louth and Meath is expected to see a rise in new vacancies and job openings during 2026, according to a new report published by FRS Recruitment.<\/p>\n<p>The 2025 Review &amp; 2026 Trends Forecast report &#8211; reveals that recruiters are forecasting a rebound in the national jobs market this year thanks to a more settled economic outlook for businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Meath is predicted to see an 8 per cent growth while Louth is expected to see a 6 per cent increase in job opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>This comes on the back of a challenging 2025 &#8211; which saw a 17% DECLINE nationwide in advertised job vacancies &#8211; as employers took a cautious approach to hiring in the face of rising costs and the geopolitical uncertainty.<br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/onic-player\/id6747436925?ppid=62f5d1bc-976b-45a1-a0cb-ee4acf856ae1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/68da98f645855.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"All LMFM News Photo Credit: Getty images Recruiters are forecasting a rebound in the national jobs market this&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":249369,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[72,4263,4262,113,61,60,3323,4259,4258,4265,4266,4264,4260,4261],"class_list":["post-249368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-drogheda-radio","tag-dundalk-radio","tag-economy","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-job-search","tag-lm-fm","tag-lmfm","tag-lmfm-breakfast-show","tag-lmfm-late-lunch","tag-lmfm-podcast","tag-louth-radio","tag-meath-radio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}